Chapter 1258: The Infamous Ravagers (1/2)

“Captain, I have detected an odd signal coming from the orbit close to the sun,” 0541 reported, his tone sounding rather serious.

“Odd signal?”

“Aye, I have yet to investigate the matter, but I am sure that such a signal could not be given off from any natural source,” 0541 added.

Like how 0541 had secured the Earth for Jiang Fei’s sake, he had also gone the extra mile. Once he had Earth protected from its own occupants, the next sensible step would be to secure the planet’s orbit and the entire planetary system. As such, once he had consolidated its resources on Earth, 0541 had launched countless drones to scout the entire system. One of its missions was to gather data about the other planets and most importantly, to have the entire Solar System under surveillance.

“So, you’re saying it’s man-made?” Jiang Fei prompted.

“Could it be something NASA sent out? Something like the Hubble Space Telescope? They had been sending many deep-space observation telescopes for the past few years,” he added.

“I cannot say for sure now but I will continue to observe said signal. I will immediately inform you about its origin when I have gathered enough data,” said 0541.

“Yeah, you do that,” Jiang Fei hummed. Although he was almost certain that the unidentified signal was of Earth’s origin, he could not help but feel something bad, an omen even.

…

For three days, nothing out of the ordinary happened. 0541 was quiet, and so was the entire globe. It was peaceful yet Jiang Fei could not help but feel anxious. There was something going on with him but he could not put a finger on it. It was like his sixth sense was blaring constantly, like a prick in his brain, as if the source of that feeling was coming from the Core of Will!

“What on Earth is going on?” Jiang Fei muttered to himself when the constant pounding in his head started affecting him physically. It started with a gut feeling and slowly, Jiang Fei had pinned the source to be the Core of Will inside his mind. Even 0541 was unable to properly diagnose what was wrong with Jiang Fei since there was no data about any core.

Two days after the pounding headache started, it vanished as abruptly as it had appeared. The mysterious signal that appeared vanished into thin air too. Even with the best technology Braveheart had to offer, 0541 was unable to retrace the signal.

…

In a place far, far away, a bald man was kneeling on the edge of a cliff. The soil he was kneeling on was purple—made with grains of sand as large as marbles. It was noon and two bright celestial objects shone as brightly as the Sun shone on Earth, casting two shadows on the bald man as he profusely hammered his head against the purple ground.

Standing opposite the bald man was a figure cloaked in dark fabric. Everything about the man was behind the veil of darkness. The only characteristic the man could show was his abnormally tall stature, measuring at two meters. His body was huge, ripped, and well-toned.

“Master, as you can see, I was telling nothing but the truth! How else can I further prove my loyalty which is stronger and larger than a hypernova of two colliding Neutron Star?!” cried the bald man.

“Interesting…” said the man shrouded in mystery. Based on his voice, the man behind the veil of shadow was only a young teen.

“Young master, should we depart?” a man clad in full metallic armor strut proudly toward the young teen and spoke with a deep, husky voice. The winds in the foreign land were strong but it failed to make the long cape of the armored man flutter.

“Leave the transaction to Balsris,” said the cloaked teen nonchalantly.

“I hear and obey, young master,” said the armored man before strutting away.

“Young master! You have made the wisest decision! Although the planet is crawling with savages, the Core of Time shall be yours with the transaction! There’s even a good ship there that you could collect and sell away!” the same bald man squealed with delight.

“I’ll decide whether or not it shall be sold,” said the cloaked teen before turning away.

…

Three days later, when Jiang Fei was chilling with his parents, 0541’s frantic call blared in his mind.

“Captain! Please come to the bridge at your earliest convenience! There’s a critical condition!”

“Beam me up then,” said Jiang Fei. Before he was teleported, he turned to his parents and told them he was needed on the ship. After that, he was immediately teleported to the bridge, along with two other girls that were with him in the living room.

“Where’s the fire?” Jiang Fei prompted when he was on the bridge. If it was not an emergency, 0541 would not have summoned him with such fervor.